Wreeby Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wreeby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wreeby Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden281:351,67024,678
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wreeby Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wreeby Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wreeby occurs more in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wreeby? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,602,217th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Wreeby occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Wreeby reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Wreeby is most numerous in Sweden, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 351,670. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Örebro County, where 43 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 21 percent reside and Västernorrland County, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Sweden this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Breeby834/
Wrebaya771/
Wroby7333/
Breby7311/
Wrebe734/
Wrewe733/
Wraby731/
Breiby67261/
Wrisby6712/
Wreber676/
Wriebe675/
Vretby674/
Breebe671/
Wreweh671/
Breaby671/
Breyby670/
Brevey670/
Brebay670/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wreeby
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